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Oh you guys..... So many lush ideas ! I must update thread but it's boring because it's all back together and has no spark. I've been going through the whole ignition , which I must admit is all new to me as its motorbike black magic stuff. I think /hope it's just the coil. The coil which I thought had a broken main lead and I couldn't find the break so I got in a hissy fit and chopped the lead off an inch back from the coil. Then I found that it was just the screw on cap that was loose... Umpfffffff! So I carefully twisted the copper inner back together and soldered it. Covered it in heat shrink. Stood back and pointed at my awesome bodgery, had a good ol belly laugh and then walked off for a little cry. Fucking electrickery . On a brighter note we sold the trailer for 700 bucks. So our quad only owes us 300. Plus 40 for the head gasket set. And 5 for the coil I just bought on a aliexpress(including shipping). What could go wrong with that.

Yep- very cool idea. I'll do my very best to come along. I like food

I'd say heat soak on the temp sensor too...just like I was having. Why not try altering your iat compensation table like I did a page or two back. It's made a huge difference ! Its sorted it and it's so good now at hot starts.

I'm happy to do Thursday night meet too. Keeps weekends free plus if others want to arrange some weekend cruises then it can be done so on the weeknight meets.

That combination of hot dip galvanising and Hong Shin 175/80 never fails to be the cherry on top for a potential award winning show car.

Moutere Inn certainly suits us Mot folk a bit betterer.... So any date set?

Somewhere warm. Brrrrrrrr. The speights ale house at wow is warm and has ample parking. We did that meet there. But not exactly a characterful place. But warm. Has fires. Is ideal for majority of Nelson folk. Plus if people start seeing regular old car meet there then more might come along.

I can post you my oxy torch tip files....

I fully recommend it as a good day out to those who have not been to watch the hillclimb before. Some pretty choice varied machinery turns up because its a mix of Nelson car club weapons and Vintage car club weapons (with maybe the odd Uno mixed in...) Have fun peoples!

Well... at least having carbs means you get to generate pretty patterns It is a shame that re-cert costs the full whack, so I believe, even if it's just one thing that's been changed. That was my one gripe and issue I raised when the lvvta did their survey a while back.

I thought you could do injection so long as you dont have an increase in power of more than 20% ? If it were mine Id just slap the injection on there and run it. Im sure any half decent friendly garage wouldn't give a shit. Mine wouldn't. All you are after is better running eh.. not mega power.

Man... you have acess to all the toys. Very jealous. Please tell us more about the race car! Oh and your baby ain't as fluffy as our baby so you have it easy.. no fur to clean up etc.

Yep- I know those issues. We have a cat. Glad for updates. I was thinking about this car the other day and wondering how it was progressing.

Certainly not the prettiest setup but hell- for that price... crikey. I think I paid over 100 nzd for my o2 sensor alone. What sensor is that kit using?

It's a width thing.. our tracks are narrow and we want to keep the that way. Wide enough for a quad. Makes them much nicer for biking a walking. But yeah.. this quad has turned out to be in very good condition, bar the engine repair needed. We will just use it for now and see what it's like. However if I can sell the trailer for ok coin we might end up with a good quad for less than $500 and I won't feel so bad about modifying it. Plus it's a great starting point. I have been looking for ages and there's always good reason why cheap quads are cheap... I'm amazed at how much new quads cost too! New version of these are 12 k plus !!!

My own private Denniston incline. Hmmmm. I’d still get to wear a boiler suit and engineers hat too. Actually my Mum’s side of the family came from the westcoast and Grandfather worked in the mines as a steam engineer. My great Grandfather died in a big explosion there. But an incline would be lots of work and Ive done enough digging for now.. Anyway..back to the Big Red. I took some photos. It has the optional factory fan fitted which will be handy for slow ascents.. You can see the damaged thread here… It came complete with a gun rack and spot light mount. I don’t have a gun (getting firearms license is on the list of things to do as we have many pigs and deer) , but my cousin visiting has some so I tested it out… Hannah has been cleaning the engine parts but we will get something stronger to get the last bits clean. Its not bad but makes sense while its apart. I found another small broken bolt in the cylinder barrel. I mounted it on the drill mill and and managed, with the help of some localised heat, to remove the remains. My next task is to drill out, tap and helicoil the stripped head bolt thread. We bought a head gasket set from a local trademe seller who does up old bikes. Handy to know. Reassembly will commence when I have finished a large trailer build (that I really should be out doing now..but coffee to drink..)

Where can one buy acids? Not at New World that's for sure.

Party time at Denhams work..... Huffing and chroming gtfo... Denhams got the good shit!

Awesome offer !! however I want to get this m/bike sorted maybe even this weekend plus the bits are not so bad to warrant posting it away. However- you are my new BFF and I shall hope to take you up on your cleaning services offer in the future

Oven cleaner.... didn't think of that one. I'll get some and kill gorse too. Then follow it up with torries idea of a lemon wash so it smells nice. The alloy that is.. not the gorse.

Ok so I've a general cleaning old motor bike engine parts question Id like advice on but maybe people have some great tips on other cleaning jobs to do with cars. Perhaps you've found the perfect ratio of diesel to pine handy Andy with which to clean your felt head lining spotlessly.. if so then post it here. My query is how best to clean baked on oil off alloy castings on a motor bike engine. I've tried petrol and de-greaser but not much luck. I was wondering about using paint stripper but wanted to check it won't damage the alloy. Any ideas? If I was made of money and had more time I'd take the parts to a engine recon place and get them to clean it but I'd rather find a way I can do it myself. It's not terrible but since the parts are off I might as well try cleaning them. Plus gearboxes etc when they get that oil stained look. Anyone here found something good to clean them with? Maybe something slightly alkaline?

but not as fun as twisting a throttle/riding a miniature train..

It's all finished ages ago and the owner loves it. Takes it camping etc. Has now got some posh fold out tent thing on the roof.

Shit yeah !!!!! I'd love that and did drawings of an idea after first walking to the ridge but before we actually bought the land of a mono rail with self powered Recaro seats. I'll see if I've still got the drawing. Then started thinking about miniature railway. I think I'd started a thread ?